Biology:Cretotortor

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Cretotortor
Temporal range: Turonian–Danian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Gyrinidae
Subfamily: Heterogyrinae
Genus: Cretotortor
Ponomarenko, 1973

Cretotortor is an extinct genus of fossil beetles in the family Gyrinidae, containing the following species:[1]

  • Cretotortor archarensis Ponomarenko, 1977 Darmakan Formation, Russia, Paleocene (Danian)
  • Cretotortor zherichini Ponomarenko, 1973 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)

References

  1. Gyrinidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.

Wikidata ☰ Q2079475 entry